Volume icon for PulseAudio on Tint2 — nothing works!

Question

I'm using Debian 8 with Openbox which comes with PulseAudio by default. And I cannot find a volume icon which works properly.

I try Volti (the volume becomes very low and sometimes doesn't work), Pavucontrol (doesn't have a volume icon) and try to compile pa-applet (I can't compile then! Many others have the same problem) and volctl (doesn't appear on the panel).

I didn't try volumeicon because in many forums people say that they don't work properly with PulseAudio, so I did not even try then.

I read about pulseaudio-ctl, but it hasn't a volume icon.

Any help?

Answer 1

Another simple quick option for volume control using PulseAudio with Tint2 would be to install pavucontrol and add it the the tintrc launcher options by adding launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/pavucontrol.desktop example or tintrc:

# Launcher
launcher_padding = 2 5 2
launcher_background_id = 0
launcher_icon_background_id = -1
launcher_icon_size = 20
launcher_icon_asb = 100 0 0
launcher_icon_theme_override = 0
startup_notifications = 0
launcher_tooltip = 0
launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/Thunar.desktop
launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/org.kde.konsole.desktop
launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/pavucontrol.desktop

Answer 2

I have tried again to compile the pa-applet (it aren't on Debian repository) and looking in the "issue" of his project on GitHub, I find a fork that a dude made and he fix the problem of compiling that I have. So, case closed. If you are looking for an icon volume, just compile the pa-applet through the original project on GitHub or by this fork that I mentioned. =)

The original project.

https://github.com/fernandotcl/pa-applet

The fork.

https://github.com/Strubbl/pa-applet

Answer 3

Try pnmixer - this is the perfect little applet for controlling volume in Tint2. Add it to your autostart file in $HOME/.config/openbox.